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No. 310,539. n Patented Jain. 6, 1885.

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PRINCE A. POTTER, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 310,539, dated. January 6, 1985.

Application tiled November 17, 1884. (No model.)

To all wiz/0m, t may concern:

Be it known that I, PRINCE A. POTTER, a citizen ofthe Upited States, residing at Providence, in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have invented new and useful Improvements in Bar'rchSwings, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of devices commonly known as barrel-swings, designed for the use of grocers, housekeepers, and others to facilitate the removal and replacement of barrels stored beneath counters and elsewhere.

It is the purpose of my invention to provide a barreleswing which may be quickly, easily, and securely attached to and as readily detached from barrels of different sizes without the use of nails or similar fastenings, and which forms, during the time the barrel is in use, a permanent attachment thereto.

It is also the purpose of my invention to provide a turn-spindle which is adapted to operate in combination with the swing, the parts being so constructed and connected that dust or other refuse matter will not collect in the spindle-pocket and increase the friction of the bearings.

My invention consists in the several novel features of construction and combinations of parts, hereinafter fully set forth, and definitely pointed out in the claims. Y

Referring to the drawings forming part of this application, Figure l is a plan view of a barrel end, showing my invention attached. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the swing with the turn-spindle combined. y

In the said drawings, the referencenumeral l denotes the bar within which the rolls are supported. This bar may be of any suitable form, either curved or straight, thoughI have shown it as composed of two similarly-curved portions united at or about the center of the bar l. In the outer ends of the latter, rolls 2 are journaled between ears or lugs 3, the axis of each roll being in a line drawn radially from a common center. y

From the central portion of the bar l projects a straight bar, 4, having one of its vertical sides or edges serrated or roughened to give increased frictional contact. This bar engages with a bar, 5, the adjacent face of which is also serrated, said bar being provided with aloop,

6, which receives the bar 4, and also a key or wedge, 7, bearing upon the outer side of the bar 4.

Upon the free end of the bar 5 is formed a T-head, 8, having spurs 8, projecting outwardly therefrom, similar spurs, 9,being formed upon the ends of the roll-carrying bar l, and upon the upper surfaces of the bar 1, near its center, is formed a sharp nipple or point, 9, projecting upward, the purpose thereof being shown hereinafter.

At or near the central peint ofthe head 8 is formed a socket, 10, which receives the end of a spindle, ll, having a flange, 12, which is firmly secured to the iioor by screws.

rIhe manner of applying the swing is as follows: rlhe barrel being placed upon its bilge, the parts composing the swing are connected loosely by inserting the bar et within theloop 6 and placed upon the barrel end within the chines, with the spurs 9 bearing thereon. The portion carrying the rolls is then raised and dropped with some force upon the chine, driw ing the spurs therein or under the strips generally found on all barrels, after which the bar 4 is brought up against the head, forcing the spur Qainto the wood and preventing the spurs 9 from withdrawing. rlhe other part is then attached in a similar manner by dropping it upon the opposite chine until the spurs S enter the wood, when the key 7 is driven up, fastening the parts securely in place. rlhe barrel is then placed on its end and the socket l0 is set upon the spindle l1.

It will readily be seen that this swing may be easily applied to barrels of any size without using nails, staples, or any similar fastenings. The spindle ll projecting upward from the iloor andthe spindle-socket opening downward, no dirt or other foreign matter is collected thereby. In other devices of this class the spindle has been set in a step upon the floor, which constantly collects dirt, creating great friction upon the spindle, obstructing its operation, and rapidly wearing it away.

Vhat I claim isl. A'barrel-swing composed of two parts adjustable one upon the other, one of said'parts carrying the rolls, and the other the spindlesocket, each part having spurs which engage with the chine at opposite points upon the barrel end, substantially as described.

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2. In a barrel-swing, the combination, with a barhaving rollsj ournaled in its ends and provided with outwardly-projecting spurs, of a central bar engaging with a loop formed upon a separate piece having a spurred T-head, and a Wedge or key entering said loop, substantially as described.

3. In abarrel-swing, l[he combination, with a spurred roller-carrying bar having a point projecting upwardly near its middle part, of an adjustable bar having a spurred end, and a wedge or key by which the parts are fastened at any point towhich they are adjusted, substantially as described.

4. In a barrel-swing,the eo1nbination,with a roller-carrying bar having spurs near its ends,and a point or nipple projecting upward near its middle, ofabar, formed centrally th ereon, a bar having a spurred T-head, and provided with a spindle-socket, a loop formed upon said bar, and a key entering said loop Aand bearing upon the central bar of the roll-earrier, substantially as described.

5. In a barrel-swing, the combination, with a bar, l, having rolls 2, and provided with spurs 9, of the bar 4, entering the loop 6 upon the bar 5, the T-head S, having spurs 8, and the key 7, substantially as described.

6. In abarrel-swing, the combination, with the spurred bar l, having rolls 2, and provided with the point or nipple 9, ofthe bar 5, having the loop 6, the T-head 8, having the spurs 8, and spindle-socket l0, and the key 7, substantially as described.

7. In a barrel-swing, the combination, With the spurred bar l, having rolls 2, and provided with a central bar, 4, of the bar 5, having the loop 6, the key 7, the T-head 8, having a spindle-socket, l0, and the spindle ll, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix-.my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

PRINCE A. POTTER.

Vitnesses:

L. I). MoULroN, II. I. CORNELL. 

